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SUMMARY:The Annual British Conquest and Burning of Washington Tour Aug 22\,
  D.C.
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 24% · why: lots of
  people going\n\n“The Annual British Conquest and Burning of Washington To
 ur\, August 22\, D.C.!”\n\nAugust 24\, 1814 may have been the worst day in
  the history of Washington\, D.C.\, and perhaps of America. When much of t
 he nation’s Capital\nAn annual event\, this unique walking tour will detai
 l the conquest of the D.C by the British\, and their burning of the Capito
 l\, the Treasury Building\, War & Navy Departments\, and the White House\,
  military actions in Alexandria and Baltimore\, and the general course of 
 “America’s Second War of Independence”.\n\nHeld the weekend before the ann
 iversary of the infamous event!\n\nMeet outside the National Theater\, 132
 1 Pennsylvania Ave NW\, Washington\, DC 20004\nSaturday\, August 22\, 5:45
  pm.\nLength of tour: About 2 hours. Prices start at: $25.\nNearest metro 
 stops: Metro Center and the Smithsonian\n\nPre-Register and Pre-Pay at—\nE
 ventbrite:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-annual-british-conquest-and-b
 urning-of-washington-tour-aug-24-dc-tickets-1992769687780?aff=oddtdtcreato
 r\nOr\, PayPal\, sending $26 to [191.EP.JM.56@proton.me](mailto:191.EP.JM.
 56@proton.me)\nhttps://www.paypal.com/us/home\nOr\, pay $25 in cash at the
  start of the tour.\n\nSome of our action-packed itinerary!:\nThe burning 
 of the Capitol\, Supreme Court\, and Library of Congress.\nThe dramatic ev
 ents at the Marine Barracks and Navy Yard.\nThe wild Battle of Bladensburg
 \, Maryland\nThe unsung hero who saved the original Constitution and Decla
 ration of Independence.\nHow First Lady Dolley Madison\, and her servants\
 , bravely faced the approach of the British.\nThat war-time's tiny War Dep
 artment\nThe brave doctor who treated the wounded\, and gave up his house 
 to the British!\nPresident Madison\, the only Chief Executive to lead Amer
 ica's troops in battle.\nThe cowardly Secretary of War\, and how an esteem
 ed diplomat took over the War Department!\nHow the ruse of an Irish washer
 woman gulled an English admiral\nThe dilemma the war posed slaves: how Afr
 ican-Americans fought in the conflict.\nThe most haunted locales in the ca
 pital\nHow the war nearly triggered the secession—of the North!\nThe amazi
 ngly motley army behind Andy Jackson's stunning victory at the Battle of N
 ew Orleans.\nThe Washington Typhoon!\nThe original war hawks\, and doves.\
 nHow volcanoes in Iceland affected the course of the conflict!\nThe 1812 N
 avy hero of Lafayette Square\, killed by a fellow Commodore!\nThe formidab
 le British commanders that day\nHow a Renaissance Man saved the invaluable
  inventions at the Patent Office.\nThe mysterious Curse of the Washington 
 Woman\nLooting along Pennsylvania Avenue\, and in the White House!\nThe on
 ly nation to beat the U.S. in war twice\nThe epic\, follow-up Battle of Ba
 ltimore\nAnd more!\n\nYour guide is a former writer for the “Tonight Show”
 \, and ex-White House speechwriter\, and author of a book\, The Lost Capit
 ol\, on the history of the Capitol Building\, including a chapter on its b
 urning in 1814:\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Capital-Tumultuous-Co
 ngress/dp/1493055909/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&asin=1493055
 909&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1\n\nEd is also author of the book The Whit
 e House’s Unruly Neighborhood\, on the wild past of the area we’ll walk th
 rough:\nhttps://www.amazon.com/White-Houses-Unruly-Neighborhood-Lafayette/
 dp/1476674868/ref=tmmpapswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=1555118270&sr=1-1-catcor
 r\nAnd his latest\, a spy thriller set in Embassy Row\, Femme Fatalité:\nh
 ttps://www.amazon.com/Femme-Fatalité-Lizzy-Thorne-Novel/dp/B0F5NPSKDS/ref=
 tmmpapswatch0\n\nThink history is boring? Not on this tour!
URL:https://www.meetup.com/lafayette-sq-tours-of-scandal-assassination-spie
 s-meetup/events/315471484/
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